When was the last time you bought a vinyl record? We hear that @WaterlooRecords has a great selection of vinyls to choose from. Tell us what your favorite independent record store is.

Let’s Keep America Weird one record store at a time… 

~ @SouthernessYank

Colonel Bruce Hampton is an Atlanta Rock staple.  I checked him out recently at the Five Spot in Little Five Points.  Tom Speed describes The Colonel’s musical approach “Over the years he served as a conduit for avant-garde interpretations of jazz and bluegrass and blues, the pure forms of American music thrown into a blender and poured into a steaming chalice of strangeness.”  Since he hit the scene in 1963, he has shared the stage with pretty much everyone.  The Colonel has also dabbled in film, poetry, writing and loves to display his knack for Astrology on unprepared interviewers.  Check out his official site and make a point of seeing a nearby show.

-  Weirdo One

Walking the streets of Austin, looking for a healthy alternative to the mixture of alcohol and bbq from days earlier, I enlisted the help of my best friend YELP!.  Up pops Koriente, an East 7th Street (but west of I-35) option which offers healthy Asian inspired dishes without the ol’ MSG fillers.  Working the counter was Sam, with her cheery disposition and “I’ve never met a face I didn’t know” personality.  I particularly enjoyed watching Sam gush over the Digable Planets MC who was in town for a nights performance!  By chance we bumped into Sam again the next day at the Austin Farmer Market and promise a KAW post.  Here you go girl!

-  Weirdo One